The development of loose removable powder at the surface of an organic coating usually caused by weathering.

The cutting of a grid pattern of grooves in a semiconductor material, generally for the purpose of making interconnections.

Open Shelter Deck ship.

Interim Final Rule

In thermodynamics, the integrating factor of the differential equation referred to as the first law of thermodynamics, In statistical mechanics, a measure of translational molecular kinetic energy (with three degrees of freedom). In general, the degree of ...

The total area drained by a river and its tributaries. Same as river basin.

Pressure dew point temperature (

To watch a vessel at anchor at the turn of tides, and cast her by the helm, and some sail if necessary, so as to keep turns out of her cables.

Service

National Maritime Resource Center.

Tanker Sulphuric Acid.

A court order instructing a garnishee (a bank) that funds held on behalf of a debtor (the judgement.

See calorie.

The unit price and quantity to which it applies as specified in a rate schedule or contract.

International Transport Workers Federation

A unit of energy defined as the heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. It is equal to 252.1 calories or to 1055 joules.

The relative ability of a ferrous alloy to form martensite when quenched from a temperature above the upper critical temperature. Hardenability is commonly measured as the distance below a quenched surfsce at which the metal exhibits a specific hardness ( ...

A stress that causes an elastic body to deform (shorten) in the direction of the applied load. Contrast with tensile stress.

Assets, purchased as a long term investment for generating profit, such as buildings, plant and.

Said of an object that is secured to another; attached, fixed, secured.